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A History of the County of Somerset
… meet. 4 Limestone and tilestones were quarried at Rooks Castle in the 14th century 5 and at Nailscombe in the … period onwards. There are Iron Age hillforts at Ruborough, Rooks Castle, and Castles; 9 land known as Stanborough, in … the 13th century there was a royal piggery ( porcheria) at Rooks Castle, 13 which by the early 16th century had been …
A History of the County of Somerset
… cottages. 37 They had been demolished by 1953. 38 Rooks Castle mill was recorded in 1619. 39 It was also known …
A History of the County of Somerset
… with tenures. 65 There are copies of court rolls for Rooks Castle for various dates between 1461 and 1662. 66 One …
A History of the County of Somerset
… ceiling beams with heavy chamfers. CASTLE, later ROOKS CASTLE, was a Crown estate associated with Somerton … by his son Thomas, perhaps the Thomas Acastle who sold Rooks Castle probably in trust for Philip Yard. Philip and … it to John Tynte in 1662 in trust for Hugh Halswell. 63 Rooks Castle descended as part of the Halswell estate, to …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent